The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is asking for motorists’ cooperation in the implementation of stop-and-go schemes and other traffic adjustments in Metro Manila…
BOC orders strict observance of valuation, proper goods description
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero instructed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees to comply strictly with the basis for valuation and with the…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at revising rules on sea freight forwarding, including imposing higher paid-up capital requirement for some…
BOC orders stringent observance of valuation, proper goods description
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero instructed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees to comply strictly with the basis for valuation and with the…
Customs chief wants stringent review of certificates of origin
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has instructed concerned customs officials and personnel to strictly review all certificates of origin (COs) to ensure shipments availing…
The Philippines will not suspend importation of rice but will instead implement stricter measures—including pre-shipment inspection (PSI)—on the commodity’s entry into the country, clarified…
ICTSI Croatia announces new intermodal service at Port of Rijeka
Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), the Croatian subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) at the Port of Rijeka in Croatia, welcomed the…
Duterte suspends rice importation but won’t scrap tariffication
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of rice importation during the local harvest season as a way to protect Filipino farmers…
BOC: NVVS value a ‘reference’, not replacement for transaction value
There is no order instructing customs appraisers to favor value in the National Value Verification System (NVVS) over the transaction value, according to an…
PAL says on-time performance a record high among PHL carriers
Philippine Airlines (PAL) registered the highest on-time performance (OTP) among domestic carriers for flight departures out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as of…
ICTSI proposal for Iloilo ports meets PPA requirements
International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) unsolicited proposal to modernize and develop the Iloilo Port Complex and the Port of Dumangas in Iloilo province…
The Philippine government said there is no directive yet from President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the importation of rice. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III…
BOC Clark destroys smuggled cigarette-making machines
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark has destroyed several smuggled cigarette-manufacturing machines, fake cigarette master cases, and other packaging materials. Condemned on…
Ti report identifies top 5 threats to supply chains
External threats to supply chains have received considerable attention following well-publicized natural disasters, terrorist action, piracy and cyber attacks. A new report by Transport…
Cebu airport cargo traffic falls 9% in first three quarters
In the first nine months of 2019, cargo handled at Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) declined 8.8% to 55.479 million kilograms (kg) from 60.835 million…
